usurer

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Himself a usurer, Shakespeare must have known how much he had invested in Shylock.

From New York Times • May 7, 2010

But in 1884, a sickly boy was born in the Ghetto at Leghorn, Tuscany, to Flaminio Modigliani, son of a Roman usurer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nicholas' Uncle Ralph, a wily usurer and the evil genius of the piece, discovers his humanity too late, so that it ends by destroying him.

From Time Magazine Archive

He does, however, object to the second: "As a name of opprobrium or reprobation; spec. applied to a grasping or extortionate moneylender or usurer, or a trader who drives hard bargains or deals craftily."

From Time Magazine Archive

The farmer could not defend himself; somebody took money for willful perjury to evade a clause of the homestead exemptions, and the usurer got his order.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold